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Greetings, DragonofBatley.

I propose to start a topic about this on the Stanley talk page so that we can discuss it. OK for you?

Cheers, —Protalina (talk) 23:47, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello DragonofBatley: What do you think of the idea of putting the now-closed railway stations in History? Protalina (talk) 05:13, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with it but I've also included the nearest railway stations to the town. DragonofBatley (talk) 05:19, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK, shall I delete the historical ones from Transport links? I already put them in history, and will later add a citation for the closure date. Protalina (talk) 05:51, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added citation, but don't have a copy of Butt's Directory, so only have page no. for West Stanley (from the article). Do you know page no. for Annfield Plain? Thanks, —Protalina (talk) 11:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please check your page creations like Stillington railway station to make sure that all your links go to the right pages. I've fixed your two links to the Stillington disambiguation page.

There is an easy way to avoid linking to disambiguation pages: if you go to "Preferences", "Gadgets", and look under "Appearance" you'll see "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange" towards the bottom of the section. Select that tickbox, and whenever you Preview a page you'll be able to see whether you've accidentally linked to a disambiguation page.

If you aren't using that gadget, then just take more care to check every link you add to make sure it's correct. Thanks. PamD 09:32, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A thought: if Stillington line is worth a red link, perhaps add it to List_of_closed_railway_lines_in_the_United_Kingdom and redirect it there? PamD 09:36, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:GNG. Notability requires significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. All of your railway station articles that I redirected fail to meet this standard. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 19:35, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No appropriate discussions need to be undertaken before a full redirect. That's how wikipedia works DragonofBatley (talk) 19:38, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. It appears that you tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting either the same content, or an edited version of it, into Stockton (S&D) railway station. This is known as a "cut-and-paste move", and it is undesirable because it splits the page history, which is legally required for attribution. Instead, the software used by Wikipedia has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases for registered users, once your account is four days old and has ten edits, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page (the tab may be hidden in a dropdown menu for you). This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other pages that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Wikipedia:Requests for history merge. It appears that you created Stockton (S&D) railway station on 4 June by copying other editors' work from the article Stockton railway station (S&D) which had existed since 2022. That is not how to move an article. Any further such copying will be considered as disruptive editing. Thanks. PamD 08:01, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not move articles to different titles which do not comply with WP:ENGLANDPLACE, ie Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names)#England. This says "Where disambiguation is required, placename, ceremonial county is normally used." You have recently moved Stanhope, County Durham to Stanhope, England and Halifax, West Yorkshire to Halifax, United Kingdom. Both have been reverted as undiscussed moves. In both cases the existing title was correct. "Only one in England" is not a reason to change the disambiguation: placename disambiguation doesn't work in quite the same way as normal disambiguation, but follows specific rules (and it was incorrect for Stanhope, as there is a Stanhope, Kent).

Continuing to move articles to incorrect titles will be considered as disruptive editing. PamD 07:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I noticed that you recently created a new page, Stockton (S&D) railway station. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page – Stockton (Stockton & Darlington Railway) railway station. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will continue helping to improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at Stockton (Stockton & Darlington Railway) railway station. If you have new information to add, you might want to discuss it at the article's talk page.

If you think the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the nomination by visiting the page and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the deleting administrator, or if you have already done so, you can place a request here. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. PamD 07:50, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above, of course, is the standard automatically-generated message. But it boils down to: I've nominated the duplicate for speedy deletion. If you were trying to do a cut-and-paste page move, please remember that that isn't the way to move a page to a better title. If you think a page needs moved and can't do it simply, use WP:RM. You appear to have copied other people's work into this new page, with no acknowledgement, and that's not the way to do it. Thanks. PamD 10:12, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've also just discovered the helpful Wikipedia:Naming conventions (UK stations) or WP:UKSTATION which states that mid-title disambiguation is now deprecated: I think it may have been an earlier convention. So Stockton (Stockton & Darlington Railway) railway station was not a good choice of title. PamD 10:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just for your information, your ping in this edit will not have worked: for a ping to work properly you need to sign your post in the same edit as the ping is added. It's easy to forget. (@Pi.1415926535: notifying Pi... of the missed ping.) PamD 16:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please remember not to link dates, per MOS:UNLINKDATES. I've unlinked them in St Edmund's Church, Lincoln and St Lawrence's Church, Lincoln, and also added the articles to the dab pages at St Edmund's Church and St Lawrence's Church, which will make it easier for readers to find them. Thanks. PamD 07:52, 7 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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While editors have very considerable latitude regarding material on their User Page, I think the comment you currently have on yours is almost certainly in contravention of the requirement not to encourage violence. I believe it goes beyond a "mere statement of support for [a] controversial regime". Can I ask that you consider whether it is appropriate to have such a comment on your user page. Regards. KJP1 (talk) 10:42, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You've not responded to this. I remain of the view that your comment re. Hamas constitutes a "statement that seems to advocate, encourage, or condone acts of violence. ("Acts of violence" includes all forms of violence but does not include mere statements of support for controversial groups or regimes that some may interpret as an encouragement of violence)", in contravention of Advocacy or support of grossly improper behaviors with no project benefit. If you're unwilling to engage, I'll flag the issue elsewhere. Regards. KJP1 (talk) 15:32, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its how I feel about Hamas since they murdered people and have had violent progests all over world encouraging hate towards Jewish people and Israel. I support Israel. Im protected by WP: Free Speech and Hamas are evil terrorists. If i cant support Israel like some do on here, then Palestine users would be allowed to support Hamas and Palestine. DragonofBatley (talk) 16:10, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Read the second paragraph of WP:Free Speech - “you have no ‘right’ to insist that Wikipedia carry what you write”. Your comment is a clear incitement to violence, and is inappropriate for Wikipedia, per the UserPage Guideline I have already quoted. I would ask that you remove it. KJP1 (talk) 16:44, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We'll agree to disagree but it's been changed. Now gone thanks DragonofBatley (talk) 19:54, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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If an article is in Category:Areas of Hereford it should not also be in the parent category Category:Hereford. Please stop disruptively re-adding the parent category as at Broomy Hill and others. Thanks. PamD 05:42, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't use "currently", as in statements like " is currently represented by Cllr Susan Boulter." in Whitecross, Hereford. We can't be sure that you or any other editor will check and/or update that name after the next local elections, so this is likely to become incorrect over time. See MOS:CURRENTLY and WP:RELTIME, and consider using ((As of)) or stating the date of their election ("X was elected as councillor in yyyy[ref]"), to make the encyclopedia future-proof. Thanks. PamD 07:27, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see you are continuing to do this, as in your creation of Boley Park. Please stop this disruptive editing against the MOS. Unless you are certain that you, or someone else, will update all these articles after the next local elections, you are setting Wikipedia up to become out of date. PamD 11:32, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You should check half of Worcestershires articles which have one dated to 2007/09 and no new updates since. I think it was St Johns or Henwick. I only updated them since I was adding areas of Worcester. Additionally, its far from disruptive to say currently. If i said is represented by. That be just as disruptive. So really some editors need to fact check some articles and maybe update accordingly DragonofBatley (talk) 15:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that there are badly-written and out of date articles elsewhere is no excuse for adding to the future problem by making statements which will become incorrect after the next council election or even by-election. If you use the wording "As of September 2024 it was represented by ...", this will always be true. That's why "currently" should almost always be avoided, as per MOS:CURRENTLY and WP:RELTIME. Please stop adding statements which will become untrue over time: we're writing an encyclopedia for the future, not just for this year. Thanks. PamD 18:15, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When in the case of area of Lichfield the place is in the administrative county its not normally appropriate to use the word "ceremonial" as it suggests that place isn't in the administrative county such as like Stoke-on-Trent thanks. Crouch, Swale (talk) 19:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi DragonofBatley. Thank you for your work on Hartfordbeach. Another editor, I dream of horses, has reviewed it as part of new pages patrol and left the following comment:

You made a mistake even experienced Wikipedians make. The hamlet article you meant to link is at Hamlet (place). Hamlet is the Shakespeare play.

To reply, leave a comment here and begin it with ((Re|I dream of horses)). (Message delivered via the Page Curation tool, on behalf of the reviewer.)

I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 20:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah i forgot about the play of the same name sorry. Thanks for correcting it. I will remember to link the Hamlet (place) link in future. Thanks again DragonofBatley (talk) 11:27, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please remember that if you create an article with a disambiguated title like Witton, Northwich you need to add it to the disambiguation page at Witton so that readers can find it. I've done this one, but I see you have created quite a few other articles for wards etc which still need dab page entries. Thanks. PamD 22:42, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]